[H-GEN] good computer repair person?

[Tony Blackwell]

On 8/8/25 21:02, Russell Stuart wrote:
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> On 8/8/25 17:51, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> I have a desktop that I bought from linuxnow. All good except for the 
>> on button. The machine has been living in a fairly dusty environment 
>> and the button is on the top of the machine. I suspect some dust has 
>> got into the workings of the button. A while ago it started being 
>> problematic with regards to actually turning on the machine. It 
>> sometimes takes several attempts to turn it on. Bummer - quite 
>> frustrating.
>>
>> Anyway, any suggestions for a good repair person?
> 
> My experience is you can buy spares for just about anything now, 
> probably including your button.  Bring it along to Humbug.
> 

An easy option is to change the front-computer-case leads to use the 
reboot button as the on-off switch button, assuming we are talking about 
the low-voltage circuits to the motherboard.  Means you don't have 
instant reboot any-more, but achieve the same with the usually-5-sec 
hold of what is now the power button.
Tony